David Garner

This article is the third in a series on the Insider Movement. The first article is titled “Stay in or Come Out?” and second part is “Old Trumps New or New Trumps Old.” Who Says? Since the events recorded in the third chapter…

In our prior article responding to the Insider Movement (IM), entitled, “Stay in or Come Out,” we examined a prevailing contrast between IM and Scripture: IM calls believers to stay in. God’s Word calls believers to come out. In this…

Because of its shared faith and shared confession in the risen Christ, the worldwide confessing Church must maintain mutual accountability in the advance of the gospel. To safeguard faithful missions in the global Church is an act of faith and…

Come Back! The recipients of the letter to the Hebrews faced uncompromising pressure to compromise. Ridiculed for abandoning their own religious heritage and for extracting themselves from their very own people, these early followers of Christ anguished under tremendous pressures…

The Heart of the Insider Movement Paradigm Extreme practices of the Insider Movement Paradigm (IMP), like those missionaries who publicly convert to Islam in order to “reach” those in the mosque,[1] are rejected even by most IM advocates. But the…

Introduction Missions is not what it used to be, because the study of missions and missions theories, called missiology, has taken a life of its own. In recent years, the attention of the international Church has been turned to controversial…

This article is the fifth and final part of a series. The first part is called “Salvation is by Works Alone,” the second is titled “God Works Grace,” the third is “God’s Work in Jesus,” and the fourth is “Sympathy Made Perfect.”…

This article is the fourth part of an on-going series. The first part is called “Salvation is by Works Alone,” the second is titled “God Works Grace,” the third is “God’s Work in Jesus,” and the fifth is “Only Jesus’ Grace Works.”…

This article is the third part of an on-going series. The first part is called “Salvation is by Works Alone,” the second is titled “God Works Grace,” the fourth is “Sympathy Made Perfect,” and the fifth is “Only Jesus’ Grace Works.” “I…

This article is the second part of an on-going series. The first part is called “Salvation is by Works Alone,” the third is titled “God’s Work in Jesus,” the fourth is “Sympathy Made Perfect,” and the fifth is “Only Jesus’ Grace…